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Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... sustainability or responsible investment policies are already accomplishing some of the goals. As a result, part of the work in this first year post-adoption is mapping and aligning current business to the goals in a more explicit way. However, working ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... from 2020, followed by stagnation through most of the 2020s; and 98% of the sector's 30-year carbon budget used up in the first ten years," the Climate Institute found. "One of the graphs I use when talking with CEOs in the energy sector in particular ...

Engaging corporate boards key to embedding sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... my peers doing? You have to address each of these three pieces." Sainty noted that the entrenched belief that the board's first responsibility is to maximise shareholder value has led to a focus on short-term performance over long term sustainability ...

Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... Investors (ACSI), Australian Ethical Investment, AustralianSuper, Christian Super, Cbus Super, Eureka Funds Management, First State Super, New Zealand Super, HESTA, Media Super, New Forests, NGS Super, the Responsible Inbvestment Association Australasia ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... such as savanna burning which contribute carbon abatement along with many other environmental and social co-benefits. "On first blush, Article 4 may provide scope for support of projects that deliver co-benefits such as indigenous employment, cultural ...

GRI, federal government, announce Pacific partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development, which will be launched at the end of September. This is not the first time the Australian government has provided support to the GRI. From 2011-2012, the government allocated AU$400,000 to GRL ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... measurement themes, across nine subtopics, totalling more than 50 indicators. The methodology is being finalised, and in the first pilot in 2016, the top 100 globally listed companies will be benchmarked against those indicators. The companies will cover ...

NZ Super Fund releases PRI report, assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... launched a new reporting and assessment methodology, and this year's assessment was a pilot project. This is NZ Super's first public UNPRI report on its responsible investment performance since 2011, the fund said. PRI signatories are required to publicly ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... critical year for the challenge of climate change. Institutional investors have not one, but two important roles to play. First, they need to amplify their call for serious and ambitious government action on climate change. But, to be credible, they ...

Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative issues communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... stakeholders that explains each exchange's approach to promoting sustainability among investors and listed companies. This is the first time the SSE has done this since being convened by the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment ...